Where have all the animals gone? (II)

 

 


“You shall not kill!” ((Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17)

“And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.” (Genesis 1:29)

Where have all the turkeys gone? Short time passing
Where have all the turkeys gone? Short time ago
Where have all the turkeys gone?
Trussed up, murdered, every one
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the lobsters gone? Short time passing
Where have all the lobsters gone? Short time ago
Where have all the lobsters gone?
Live-boiled, screaming, every one
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the young pigs gone? Short time passing
Where have all the young pigs gone? Short time ago
Where have all the young pigs gone?
pigs “in ‘blankets’” every one!
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the young ducks gone? Short time passing
Where have all the goslings gone? Short time ago
Where have all the feathered gone?
throats cut, bare-plucked every one!
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

A new re-versioning of Pete Seeger’s 1955 political folk song “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” to help turn the tide on the bloody season, and inspire a nonviolent New Year which actually honours the loving, and animal-loving, Jesus.

 
 
Heidi Stephenson

 

 

 

 


By Heidi Stephenson

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